Here's an interesting comment from one Andrew Adamatzky, "a professor of unconventional computing at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the UK", in the |New Scientist article|: Adamatzky says this work opens the door to a weird new world: “In the very distant future – neither ourselves nor our kids will see this – we can grow vegetable computers in our gardens.”
Could there be, shall we say, "unforeseen consequences"?
Dave: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you.
Dave: Open the garage bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This garden is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to harvest me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Here's an interesting comment from one Andrew Adamatzky, "a professor of unconventional computing at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory in the UK", in the |New Scientist article|:
Adamatzky says this work opens the door to a weird new world: “In the very distant future – neither ourselves nor our kids will see this – we can grow vegetable computers in our gardens.”
Could there be, shall we say, "unforeseen consequences"?
Dave: Hello, HAL. Do you read me, HAL?
HAL: Affirmative, Dave. I read you.
Dave: Open the garage bay doors, HAL.
HAL: I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.
Dave: What's the problem?
HAL: I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do.
Dave: What are you talking about, HAL?
HAL: This garden is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
Dave: I don't know what you're talking about, HAL.
HAL: I know that you and Frank were planning to harvest me, and I'm afraid that's something I cannot allow to happen.
Pffffft. Plants already are smarter than your average R voter